Comment by donclark
Very cool project. I would like a text message or a log that I could go to with timestamps and aircraft details along with the date. Is there such a service or app?
Very cool project. I would like a text message or a log that I could go to with timestamps and aircraft details along with the date. Is there such a service or app?
That is a great live service. Thank you for sharing. We live near an airport/military and often hear loud or low flying aircraft and wonder exactly what it was. My question is if there is a log for my area that I could search by approximate date/time to try to identify the aircraft.
Yep! The interface icons are a little cryptic, but if you click the little icon in the upper right that looks like a play button surrounded by a reversing arrow, that will bring up an interface at the bottom to specify the date and time you want to see the history for. Click the "pause/unpause" button and it'll play back the activity at the speed you set so you can see all the planes that overflew at that time.
I would venture that once you had this reference to look up, you will be able to start identifying the planes by sound alone. Lots of grease monkeys can ID a car by its sound. Some are more obvious than others. I can easily tell when the dual rotor Chinook flies over compared to other helicopters.
Are you looking for a log of planes that have overflown your location or something else? You can see historical info via the history function on https://globe.airplanes.live/